I think that 16 new and old is fine if they opt to include more tracks as DLC, though they didn't do that with 7... I do agree that I'd like to see more than 16 this time, though I won't really be upset if it's 32 again. It's a nice number.

I hope the maximum number of racers is bumped up to 12 (or more) again like in MKW instead of the usual 8. Don't get me wrong eight karts is fine, but I just find the increased chaos brought on by a larger group to be much more appealing.

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Yeah I enjoyed having 12 racers a lot. Perhaps that minor set back in Mario Kart 7 was just because it was a handheld game. Hopefully for the next home console release (Wii U) we see it continue the 12 racer standard

I don't about having 16 new, 16 old (although they should bump the number up to 20 for both...maybe that's pushing it) but it would be epic if they had a track maker.
It could be something simple, just choose soundtrack, background, and then make your track. You would probably only be able to make circuits with a couple of trick pieces.

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A track maker would the best thing ever in any Mario Kart game. Indeed, I love level editors in general, so I'd probably spend hours messing around with one for Mario Kart tracks.

I would love this too. I like making things in video games. It's not like it's impossible, Diddy Kong Racing DS had one if I remember correctly, but it was kinda bare bones. I'd like to make a track, increase or decrease the road's altitude maybe, decide where ramps, boosts, obstacles and item boxes go, etc. The possibilities are there!

More characters would be great too, but I already know they're going to do that anyway. The Battle mode should be improved by adding an option that if you lose all your balloons, you're out. And please put back the VS. mode in single player where you can race the CPU without doing Grand Prix. There was no reason why it couldn't have been in Mario Kart 7, seeing as they had a similar thing in Mario Kart Super Circuit and especially Mario Kart DS, where you can change the options in the race. (Like how much races you want to do.)

I'd like to see those characters in the roster too. Not just them (I'd love to see a WarioWare character or two and maybe King K Rool from Donkey Kong Country in a Mario Kart title), but playable Kamek and Hammer Bro would be awesome.

I wonder if they'll add more cameos from others series, like the Blue Falcon being a kart option in MKW. Would be cool to see something like Samus' gunship or the Hocotate ship made into kart designs.

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Avian fact of the week: The Moa, an extinct relative of ostrichs and emus that inhabited New Zealand, was the tallest bird that ever lived at 12 ft tall (3.6 m). It was also the only known bird to have no wing structure.